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5 sales on record
About Middle Corner Cottage
A plain-English summary derived from public records, EPC certificates, sold prices and local data.
Middle Corner Cottage is a semi-detached house in Hempton, Banbury, Banbury (OX15 0QY). It has a recorded floor area of 104 m² (around 1119 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band D. The latest certificate (October 2020) shows an E (score 53), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The rating has held steady at E across 2 certificates since September 2010. Between certificates, lighting went from Very Poor to Very Good; while roof efficiency dropped from Very Good to Good and window efficiency dropped from Good to Very Poor. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 74), a 2-band jump. Main heating runs on oil.
Sale prices here have outpaced England HPI: 5.5% per year against 0% for the wider region. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£424/sq ft) was about 49.5% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Most recent transfer: December 2022 at £475,000. Across the public record there are 5 sales, relatively high churn for a single property. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend. One planning record on file: new windows approved in 2019. Past consents include new windows, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. At 104 m² it's 15.6% larger than the typical home in the postcode (90 m² median across 3 EPCs).
Energy performance
Every EPC certificate filed against this property — current rating, recorded improvements, and where there's headroom to reach a higher band.
Middle Corner Cottage's carbon output runs well above what efficient homes in the postcode produce.
Current Certificate(1 of 2)
Oct 2020
EPC Rating
A
B
C
D
E
E53
F
G
Main Heating
Gas
Main Fuel
Oil
Hot Water
Poor
Windows
Very Poor
CO2 Emissions
6.0 t/year
Occupancy
Owner Occupied
Planning history
Applications and permits filed against Middle Corner Cottage, Hempton, Banbury, OX15 0QY, sourced from the PlanIt planning register.
- Feb 2019RenovationHeritageGranted
Removal of existing single glazed windows. Replace with our traditional flush casement windows with slimline double glazed units
Sales history & valuation
Recorded transactions, our model's current estimate, and a quick read on what neighbouring properties have sold for.
Middle Corner Cottage has more than tripled in price since its earliest registered sale in 1999.
Current estimate
See how we calculated this£503,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 5.5% per year over 24 years.
Last sold (2022)
£475,000
Growth on file: 5.5% per year over 24 years.
Sales timeline
Versus the street
Four headline reads against 3 similar houses on this street, drawn from the latest EPC and Land Registry data.
Middle Corner Cottage outperforms the street on co₂ emissions by a wide margin.
EPC Rating
53 (E)
Street avg 34 (F)
Floor Area
104 m²
Street avg 132 m²
CO₂ Emissions
6.0 t/year
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The neighbourhood at a glance
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Daytime road noise here sits well below conversation level — a quiet pocket of the postcode.
Crime
1/mo
Steady year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
0.4 km
Road noise across the postcode
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Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
45.0dB
Everything within walking distance
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